2009 Iditarod: Day 5 (Takotna)

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2010 Reader photos

Check out the The Last Great Race from the fans' perspective as readers post photos from every checkpoint along the Iditarod trail.

2010 Leader board

Track the race on the musher gallery leader board with updated results and standings.

2010 Trail map

Follow the mushers along the trail with live standings from each checkpoint.

Video: 2010 Ceremonial start

Mushers and dogs prepare for their 1,000 mile journey at the ceremonial start in Anchorage, March 6, 2010.

Photo galleries

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2009 Reader-submitted

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Aerial photos from Anchorage to Skwentna to Talkeetna to Denali Park to McGrath during the 2010 Iditarod Sled Dog Race on Monday March 8, 2010.

Aerial landscape photographs from a small Cessna 185 through Windy Pass, Denali National Park to Nome and back to Anchorage through Rainy Pass.

Day 11 (Mackey wins)

Lance Mackey wins his fourth consecutive Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race pulling in under the burled arch on Front Street Tuesday March 16, 2010 in Nome.

Lance Mackey wins his fourth consecutive Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, pulling in under the burled arch in Nome, March 16, 2010.

Day 10 (Koyuk and Elim)

Images of Lance Mackey moving through Koyuk and Elim on his way to White Mountain and his likely fourth Iditarod championship.

Day 9 (Unalakleet)

John Baker arrives at the Unalakleet checkpoint on Sunday morning March 14, 2010 during the 2010 Iditarod Sled Dog Race.

Images from day 9 on the Iditarod trail from the coastal village of Unalakleet.

Day 8 (Ruby and Kaltag)

Kristy Berington feeds her dog team at the Ruby Checkpoint on Saturday morning March 13, 2010 during the 2010 Iditarod Sled Dog Race.

Images from day 8 on the Iditarod trail from Ruby to Kaltag and along the trail in between.

Day 7 (Takotna and Ruby)

Images of Day 7 of the Iditarod Dog Sled Race. The ADN team started the day in Takotna and ended in Ruby.

Day 6 (Takotna)

Tom Lesatz of Two Rivers, Alaska,  pulls his team around after they made a wrong turn leaving the Takotna checkpoint on  Thursday March 11, 2010 during the 2010 Iditarod Sled Dog Race.

Images from the Takotna checkpoint on the Iditarod trail Thursday, March 11, 2010.

Day 5 (McGrath and Takotna)

Iditarod musher William Pinkham's dog Rincon is tied up the back of a truck at the McGrath, Alaska, checkpoint on the Kuskokwim River Wednesday March 10, 2010 during the 2010 Iditarod Sled Dog Race. Rincon earlier chewed through the gang line.

Photos from the Iditarod Trail checkpoints at McGrath and Takotna on Wednesday, March 10, 2010.